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Ms. Paine
Computer Teacher
Introduction
There is a TON of information on the internet
about the Holocaust. It can be hard to
narrow down the information. This
informative tutorial should help you gather
the information you need.
CAUTION – there are many disturbing
images and video clips that will show up
when researching the Holocaust. Prepare
yourself for the genocide you are about to
uncover.
Where to START?
Wikipedia: What is it?
• An encyclopedia
• An ongoing discussion area
• A great starting point for basic
information and ideas
Wikipedia: The Good
• Often more up to date than textbooks
• Bigger topics are constantly being
viewed and edited for accuracy
– Many minds from around the world with
knowledge in different areas collaborate
• Footnotes can give you some great
links and books to use in research
Wikipedia: The Bad
• Not peer-reviewed for accuracy, such as
a published work
• ANYONE can submit something to be
edited
– See Stephen Colbert
– Things can go for a long period of time
without being fixed
• It’s an encyclopedia – you should never
use one on a works cited page anyway!
What are you researching?
• The Holocaust is a very broad subject
– Narrow down to a topic
• Think about your assignment
– Jot down ideas and topics that come into
mind
– What are you most drawn to? What could
you envision creating a project/paper
about?
How to Search
• KEYWORDS!!
– Never type a whole sentence or phrase
into a search engine
• For Example:
– With the topic of Children in the Holocaust,
what can you type in to search?
Children in the Holocaust
How many children survived concentration camps during the Holocaust
Children in the Holocaust
How many children survived concentration camps during the Holocaust
So Many Results!
What sites are good?
Look at: Domain Extension
• Domain extension – the last part of a
website address
• Example: www.google.com
• Look for:
– .org (non-profit organization)
– .edu (education organization)
– .gov (U.S. government organization)
Look at: the Page
• Look at the page itself
– Is there advertising? Pop-ups?
– Government, non-profits, and academic
sites have little to no advertising
• Page Content
– By browsing through the site you should
realize whether it has the information you
need, or has substantial content
Look at: the Date
• Is the page up to date?
– Information that is even over five years old
can be obsolete
– Look for sites that are continuously
updating their information
Look at: the Author
• Is there an Author?
• If there is not one that is obvious, look
for an about page or a contact page
• Being able to credit a person in your
paper also gives credit to your work
• Having contact information allows you
to ask the author questions, if you have
them
Website Evaluation
The attached worksheet will help you
in your own website evaluations
There is more than just TEXT!
• When researching on the internet there
are so many resources
• Look into pictures, audio clips, and
video clips
• Use these medias as a source you can
cite, or in your actual presentation
• Use search engines and sites like
YouTube to find media sources sources
Media in Powerpoint
If creating a Powerpoint, you have the
ability to add pictures, video, and sound
to your slides
Jeannine Burk – Child Survivor
Resource: The Southern Institute for
Education and Research
Manny Mandel – Child Survivor
Resource: podcast from the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum, First Person
Podcast Series
The Power of Images
• Images, including historical video
footage, can sometimes invoke more
thoughts, opinions, anger, and happiness
than any book is able to
• Use images to help yourself understand
your topic, and to convey to your
audience what you want to get across
Shoes of victims in the Janowska camp were found by Soviet forces
after the liberation of Lvov. Janowska, Poland, August 1944.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_ph.php?MediaId=995
Hairbrushes of victims, found soon after the liberation of Auschwitz.
Poland, after January 27, 1945.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_ph.php?MediaId=645
These are a few of the thousands of wedding rings the Germans removed from their victims in order
to salvage the gold. U.S. First Army troops found these rings, with watches, precious stones,
eyeglasses, and gold teeth fillings, in a cave adjoining the Buchenwald concentration camp near
Weimar, Germany. 5/5/45. http://resources.ushmm.org/inquery/uia_doc.php/query/13?uf=uia_pQyLMw
A 13-year-old orphan,
a survivor of the
Mauthausen
concentration camp.
Austria, May 1945.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/e
n/media_ph.php?MediaId=1
944
Music – Theme song from Shindler’s List. Images of the Holocaust.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j-BP49gsFY
Citations
• Citations are one of the most important
parts of a project
– Allow you to revisit resources you have
used successfully
– Permit your audience to also utilize these
sources
– Provide the original authors credit
– Demonstrates that you have thoroughly
and legitimately researched your work
Bookmark Sites As You Go
• The most effective way to collect and save good
resources online, is to bookmark websites as you
search
• In your bookmark folder, create an additional
folder to save sites in so they do not get mixed up
with your current bookmarks
• http://www.diigo.com/ is a great toolbar that
allows you to highlight text on a page and add
sticky notes, which will remain there every time
you revisit the site
– Highlight as you first review the page, finding topics
that are relevant to your work
– Can be a great resource when writing a paper – just
refer to your highlighted sections for notes and quotes
– Example: The online credibility gap
How to Cite
• There are many resources to help you
correctly cite your sources in your work
• The following link from Duke University
demonstrates how to cite within a paper
as well as how to compile a works cited
page
– http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/
• Make sure to check with your teacher to
find out how they want you to format your
works cited page
Before You Turn In Your Project
• Spellcheck!!
– On a computer you have no excuse for
incorrect spelling, spell checkers are built
into all word processing software
• If a paper, read it out loud to yourself at
least once to make sure it flows
– It can’t hurt to have a friend or parent read it
over either
• Make sure your sources are cited
correctly
Stephen Colbert + Wikipedia
• On his show in 2006 Colbert proved that
one could easily edit Wikipedia articles
• Encouraged viewers to edit articles on
elephants
• Prompted Wikipedia to enforce stronger
limits on posts
• Coined the term Wikiality
– truth by consensus (rather than fact)
• http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/15378
65/20060803/story.jhtml
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